Archived Why is reading text easier on vertical screen but watching videos is easier on horizontal screen? (AskScience)
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Archived Why is reading text easier on vertical screen but watching videos is easier on horizontal screen? (AskScience)
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[–] Tree_Snake 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago (edited ago)
Because your eyeballs must move farther to follow the text when the screen is horizontal. Newspapers segment into columns for this reason.
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[–] MrPim ago
I prefer text be horizontal also. Less scrubbing back and forth for wide columns.